'Gitmo in the Heartland'

Alia Malek, The Nation, Gitmo in the Heartland, 28 Mar 2011 edition I've included this because it refers to members of the Holy Land Foundation, which I have blogged about in the past.

"Ghassan [Elashi]’s incarceration at Marion demonstrates one of the biggest problems with the CMUs and with the terrorist designation generally—how broadly and capriciously they are applied. “It is one thing to use restrictive isolationist tactics against the leader of a gang or terror group who, if he could communicate freely with the outside world, would wreak violence on innocent people—that’s not an illusory concern,” says David Cole, of Georgetown University Law School and The Nation’s legal affairs correspondent. “But when you define ‘terrorist activity’ to include material support that can involve no violent activity and no intentional support of violent activity, then you are relegating nonviolent offenders to these very extreme conditions that are entirely unwarranted.”"

Obviously, there are a number of perspectives on this. This article would be useful for a seminar discussion.

Holy Land Foundation Trial - blog offering opinions and updates relating to the trial of the Foundation and its Directors, underway in Dallas at present.